Archive
19 Nov

Northwestern Readership Institute on putting data online

More and more news organizations are putting data online so readers can drill down to information relevant to them. I did it as part of a Hamilton Spectator series on restaurant safety […]

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14 Nov

Football players big, and getting bigger

Here’s a great example of the kind of enterprising story that can be brought to life with CAR, in any market. The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania gathered height and weight data on high school football […]

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14 Nov

Police data kept secret in Ontario

This article was written for an upcoming edition of Media magazine. By FRED VALLANCE-JONES The courts in Ontario are busy taking away with one hand, and giving with the other. […]

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26 Oct

Toronto Star series wins online journalism award

Congratulations to Toronto Star reporter Jim Rankin, who along with a team at the paper, won the Online Journalism Award for service journalism. The award was presented at the Online […]

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22 Oct

Kansas City Star probes deadly air bag failures

Ever wonder how often air bags fail in cars? So did the Kansas City Star, and the answer was, far too often. The paper looked at U.S. fatal crash data, […]

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19 Oct

Transport Canada puts aviation data online

Transport Canada has quietly posted a searchable version of its CADORS aviation database to its website. You’ll recall this is the data that formed the backbone of Collision Course, the […]

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19 Oct

CBC uses data to probe nursing home violence

CBC’s investigative unit is at it again with a series of stories on violence in Canada’s nursing homes. The stories started airing on Marketplace October 17, and continued on CBC […]

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24 Sep

FOI audit shows gov’t still keeping secrets

By Fred Vallance-JonesWhen I sat down to crunch the raw data from the third annual CNA FOI audit, I hoped against hope that I’d discover a marked improvement in performance […]

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30 May

Libel-proofing CAR investigations

Global Investigative Journalism ConferenceToronto, Canada, May 26, 2007 Presenters: Dean JobbJournalism ProfessorUniversity of King’s College, HalifaxAuthor, Media Law for Canadian JournalistsEditor, Law Section, J-Source.ca(djobb@dal.ca) Robert CribbToronto Star Deputy Investigative EditorInstructor, […]

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16 Nov

NICAR ‘Net Tour

Compiled by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, this site provides tips and links for investigative reporters.

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